Inkqubo yombhali ka-Andrei Malakhov "Ngobusuku" yanikezelwa kuNadezhda Babkina kunye neqela lakhe elithi "Russian Song". Iqela libhiyozela iminyaka engama-40 kulo nyaka. Njengamaxesha onke, iindwendwe ezininzi ezidumileyo zafika kwisikhilimi ukuba zivule uNadezhda kwaye zixelele amazwi akhe amnandi.
Phakathi kwazo kwakukho uAnastasia Volochkova. I-ex-prima ye-Bolshoi Theatre yayigqoke imbobo ebomvu evulekileyo kweso sihlandlo esibukhali, kunokuma ngaphandle kwendawo yangaphandle yezinye iindwendwe ezavela kwisikrediyo kwiindawo ezifanelekileyo ezifanelekileyo ngexesha lebusika.
Ngethuba le ncoko, ibhola ye-ballerina yabulela uBabkin ngenxaso ngexesha elinzima lobomi bakhe. U-Anastasia waphawula ukuba uNadezhda Babkina ngumntu onqabileyo onokufumana uncedo nganoma naliphi na ixesha, kwantlanu kusasa ulungele ukunceda. Ngokwemvakalelo yakhe, uAnastasia Volochkova wazisola ngokuncoma umhlobo wakhe:
Andizange ndimbone ubuntu obunjalo kunoma yimuphi umntu.
UNadezhda Babkina wacebisa uVolochkova ukuba atshintshe iimpahla
Ithemba, kwakhona liye laphawula umsebenzi ongenqabile umsebenzi weVolochkova, kuba ibhola ye-ballerina yedwa eyayifunda isicatshulwa ngentliziyo, kwaye ayizange iyifunde kwiphepha lemiqulu yokufunda yaseGogol yendabuko, okwenziwa nguBabkin kunye nabahlobo bakhe ngo-Eva.
Kwaye ke, ngokungalindelekanga, emva kokutshintshiselana kwamacala enkundla, iBabkin yongezelela:
Uya kufuneka utshintshe iimpahla zakho, uNastya!
Ikhefu elimangalisayo lilawulwa kwila studio. UVolochkova washintsha ebusweni. U-Anastasia wayedidekile kangangokuba kwanokuba akukho nto yayingayiphendula iBabkin, yodwa yathetha into engaqondakaliyo kuye.
U-Andrei Malakhov uzame ukusindisa imeko ngokukhawuleza ukuqala ingxoxo yokuba iingubo zikaAnastasia zibiza kakhulu, zivela kwiqoqo lokugqibela engaziwayo kwaye umfazi sele sele ecela inkokeli-8 ukuba ayithenge enye. Kodwa, ngokugweba ubuso obunokudideka bukaVolochkova, kunye naye owayehlala kuyo yonke ilanga, uNadezhda Babkina ubonakala eyenzile isitha esibhubhileyo, esuka kwiqela "lamantombazana athandwayo" kwiqela "labanobubi, abanomona nababi".